Tulane Cross Country Sweeps Top Honors at LSU Invitational

BATON ROUGE, La. - The Tulane women's and men's cross country teams each claimed a victory in the LSU Invitational on Saturday morning. Theresa Maru and Solomon Kandie ran to a second place finish in the women's 6000 meter and men's five mile respectively.

The top three teams in the men's and women's races were identical as McNeese State finished in second and host school LSU rounded out the top three. McNeese State's Sita Waru won the women's race with a time of 20:46.88 and LSU's Likhaya Dayile won the men's race with a 24:56.94.

The Green Wave women had three top 10 finishes led by Maru's runner-up time of 20:57.25. Hanne Lyngstad (21:46.26) notched a sixth place finish, while Katrina Gemmell (22:28.65) finished in ninth.

The Wave men were led by Kandie who finished the race in second with a time of 25:08.95. Tulane had three other top ten finishers including Peter Rotich (5th, 25:40.87), Anthony Lagat (8th, 26:01.92) and Meshack Mulupi (10th, 26:08.21).

Other Wave finishers- Women's 6000 meter
2. Theresa Maru, 20:57.25
6. Hanne Lyngstad, 21:46.26
9. Katrina Gemmell, 22:28.65
13. Lyndie Galka, 22:57.02
19. Angela Milner, 23:56.63
30. Nikelola Balogun, 24:52.34
33. Carlyne Pradieu, 25:33.30
34. Sheena Garwood, 25:42.16

Other Wave finishers - Men's 5 Mile
2. Solomon Kandie, 25:08.95
5. Peter Rotich, 25:40.87
8. Anthony Lagat, 26:01.92
10. Meshack Mulupi, 26:08.21
19. Meyer Friedman, 26:51.43
31. Phillip Romero, 27:55.87
35. Adam Leskis, 28:03.54
40. Ryan Gallagher, 28:28.13